Sila from Switzerland arrived today at the airport Toncontin in Tegucigalpa. She will volunteer in the project "midwifery" in a public hospital in Honduras. She will support emotionally the Honduran women before and while giving birth.

Sila we are very happy that you are supporting our project and the Honduran women.

Montag, 24. Oktober 2011

I got asked by many people "why shall I rather prefer to volunteer in one country than travelling around the world?"

There are a few reasons why volunteer in Honduras:

Volunteering in Honduras shows that you are willing to step outside your comfort zone to make a difference to the lives of others. Employers appreciate this and they value the life experience, soft skills and cultural understandingthat you will gain through volunteering. Volunteering gives you the opportunity to take time out of your regular routine and thinkabout what it is you really want to do with your life.

Working in another country will provide you with the opportunity to gain knowledge, experience and skillswhich you may not have been able to acquire at home. The obvious example is learning a foreign language much faster than you could at home by immersing yourself into the language and culture. In addition, by volunteering in your field of interest you will have the opportunity to learn new ways to approach different problems, and you will gain valuable work experience in a new environment.

Volunteering is very different to being a tourist because you will spend a significant amount of time in one place andyou will be working on a daily basis with local people. This provides an invaluable opportunityto learn about different cultures, develop an understanding of the issues facing host communities and develop a sense of global citizenship.

Because of big interest from people in Europa, the United States and Canada to volunteer in Honduras with our organization SWHO, we decided to translate our texts from German into English. Old posts were not translated into English. Thanks for your understanding.